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The Stinson Voyager was an American light utility monoplane built during the 1940s by the Stinson Aircraft Company.[1]

Development

First developed as the Stinson HW-75 and marketed as the Model 105 in 1939, the design was a high-wing three-seat braced monoplane powered by either a 75-hp (63.4-Kw) Continental A-75 or an 80-hp (67.7-Kw) Continental A-80-6.[1] This was developed into the Model 10, introduced in 1940, powered by a Continental A-80 piston engine.[1] The Model 10 introduced a wider cabin as well as an improved standard for the interior and finish.[1] In 1941 the Model 10 was followed by the Model 10A, powered by a Franklin 4AC-199 engine and the Model 10B with a Lycoming GO-145. The 10A was the last of the series, but the first to be called "Voyager", a name that was retained for the post-war Stinson 108.[1]

Six Model 10s were evaluated by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) as the YO-54. The unsuccessful tests led Stinson to design an all-new aircraft designated Model 76, later known as the L-5 Sentinel.[1]

A number of Model 105s and Model 10As were impressed into USAAF service as the AT-19 (later L-9).[2] However, the AT-19 designation has not been verified.

After World War II, the type was developed as the Model 108, the prototypes being converted Model 10As.[2]

Variants

Stinson HW-75 at Langley
HW-75 (1939, marketed as Model 105)
Production variant also known as the HW-75 with a Continental A-75 engine), or HW-80 with a Continental A-80 engine, 277 built.[2]
Model 10 (1940)
Improved production variant with an 80 hp Continental A-80 engine, 260 built.[2]
Model 10A Voyager (1941)
Variant with a 90 hp Franklin 4AC-199 engine, 515 built (10A and 10B).The first of the series to bear the Voyager name.[2]
Model 10B (1941)
Variant with a 75 hp Lycoming GO-145 engine, 515 built (10A and 10B).[2]
YO-54 (1940)
United States Army designation for six Model 10s for evaluation.[3]
AT-19A
Original military designation for eight Model 105s impressed in 1942, later changed to L-9A.[4]
AT-19B
Original designation for 12 impressed Model 10A Voyagers, later changed to L-9B.[4]
L-9A (1942)
Final designation for eight impressed Model 105 Voyagers, originally AT-19A.[4]
L-9B (1942)
Final designation for 12 impressed Model 10A Voyagers, originally AT-19B.[4]

Operators

 Brazil
 Canada
 United States

Specifications (Model 105)

Data from General Dynamics Aircraft and their Predecessors [5]

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: two passengers
  • Length: 22 ft 2 in (6.76 m)
  • Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
  • Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
  • Wing area: 155 sq ft (14.4 m2)
  • Airfoil: NACA 4412
  • Empty weight: 923 lb (419 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,580 lb (717 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-75-3 air-cooled flat-four, 75 hp (56 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 105 mph (169 km/h, 91 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
  • Range: 350 mi (560 km, 300 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 10,500 ft (3,200 m)
  • Rate of climb: 430 ft/min (2.2 m/s)

See also

Related development

Related lists

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Orbis 1985, p. 2960.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Simpson 1991, pp. 317–318,
  3. ^ Andrade 1979, p. 139.
  4. ^ a b c d Andrade 1979, p. 130.
  5. ^ Wegg 1990, p. 139.

Bibliography

  • Andrade, John. U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Leicester, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. ISBN 0-904597-22-9.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
  • Morareau, Lucien (September 1998). "Les oubliées des Antilles" [The Forgotten Ones of the Antilles]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (66): 30–37. ISSN 1243-8650.
  • Sapienza, Antonio Luis (June 2000). "Les premiers avions de transport commercial au Paraguay" [The First Commercial Transport Aircraft in Paraguay]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (87): 45–47. ISSN 1243-8650.
  • Simpson, R.W. Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbory, Shrops, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1991. ISBN 1-85310-194-X.
  • Wegg, John. General Dynamic Aircraft and their Predecessors. London: Putnam, 1990. ISBN 0-85177-833-X.

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